Cuspidor.



M.- BOLDIZS'.

OUSPIDOB.

APPLIUATIOK FILED 001:. so, 1911.

l ,Q23,6 1 6. Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

MIKE BOLDIZS, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

CUSPIDOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIKE BoLnIzs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to cuspidors, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a cuspidor having provision for retaining the contents therein when the cuspidor is accidentally tilted or upset, thereby preventing carpets and floors from being injured or soiled by the contents of a cuspidor.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a cuspidor that can be easily cleaned and maintained in a sanitary condition.

A further object of this invention is to furnish a cuspidor with two funnel-shaped mouthpieces, either of which will serve as the base of the cuspidor.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a cuspidor consisting of comparatively few parts, inexpensive to manufacture and not liable to injury by ordinary use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construc tion, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a cuspidor in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an attached center-piece, partly broken away and partly in section; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a por tion of the cuspidor.

A cuspidor in accordance with this invention is made of light and durable noncorrosive metal and comprises a cylindrical center piece 1 provided witha central horizontal partition 2. Detachably mounted upon one end of the centerpiece and retained thereon by friction is the reduced cylindrical end 3 of a cylindrical receptacle 4:, said Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 30, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Serial No. 657,443.

receptacle having inclined top and bottom walls 5 and 6. The top wall 5 has a central opening 7 to accommodate a funnel-shaped mouthpiece 8 that is soldered or otherwise secured to the receptacle 1. The small end of the funnel-shaped mouthpiece 8 extends into the cylindrical centerpiece 1 in proximity to the partition 2.

The reduced cylindrical end 3 of the receptacle 4 is provided with oppositely disposed pins 9 extending into bayonet-shaped slots 10 formed in diametrically opposed walls of the upper reduced cylindrical end 11 of a receptacle 12, said receptacle being similar to the receptacle 4: and having a funnel-shaped mouthpiece 13 similar to the mouthpiece 8, the mouthpiece 13 serving as a base for the cuspidor, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the lower half of the cuspidor is ap proximately the same construction as the upper half, with the exception that the upper reduced end 11 of the receptacle 12 is of greater diameter than the lower reduced end 3 of the receptacle t, whereby said receptacles can be detachably connected together upon the inner piece.

When the cuspidor is accidentally tilted or upset, the contents of the center piece will flow into the upper receptacle, and should the cuspidor be completely inverted, the funnel-shaped mouthpiece 13 that served .originally as a base of the cuspidor will constitute the mouthpiece and the cuspidor can be used as usual.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. A cuspidor comprising a cylindrical centerpiece having a partition intermediate the ends thereof, cylindrical receptacles having reduced ends detachably connected together with the end of one of said receptacles fitting upon said center-piece, and funnel-shaped mouthpieces carried by said receptacles and extending into said centerpiece with one of said mouthpieces serving as a base of said cuspidor.

2. A cuspidor comprising a cylindrical center-piece, a partition arranged interme diate the ends thereof, cylindrical receptacles having reduced ends inclosing said cen- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MIKE BOLDIZS.

ter-piece, a bayonet slot and pin connection between the reduced ends of said receptacle and funnel-shaped mouth-pieces carried by said receptacles and extending into said center-piece in proximity to the partition thereof, with one of said mouthpieces serving as a base for said cuspidor.

Witnesses STEVE BARAsH, ALEK KOVACS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. v 

